Buc 'n' Brooke (Click to enlarge)
Meet Buc, the Doberman, and Brooke, his Maltese baby. It never ceases to amaze me that such different beings can get so close. I’m a sucker for those stories where different species foster each other. There’s an incredible one at Happy Dogs Play blog’s April 8th entry. Dogs are phenomenal creatures with some unexplained characteristics. Some have the ability to sense cancer or illness in a human. Some have the ability to find their way home from across a country. Some just love their house mates and mourn their loss as any human might. They will never cease to surprise.
Buc is one of those guys who met and loved his little “sister” as he would any of his other pack-mates. His role in the family is of protector, so he just assumed his role with this new member. Oh yes, Brooke gets stepped on occasionally, but she bounces up and loves Buc some more. So when we posed this little group we were sure to place Buc first in that flattering 45° angle, then we placed little bouncy Brooke in the obvious spot. Buc’s dad was placed strategically on the corner of the table at camera left and Terry was at the side of the table at camera right. This kept them “anchored’, at least momentarily. A sit or a down keeps an animal in a position a millisecond longer than if they were standing. I think of it as ‘anchoring’ because just out of the frame is an assistant whose hand was felt resting on a shoulder, hip or foot a moment before. Amost before they know the hand was pulled away I make the capture and Voila! You get something like this. This procedure will take many times before all in the room get the hang of the timing…but it works consistently.
Try it with your pet family and post your results, or talk about my post/comment. Exif: 1/250, f11, ISO 200
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